hasunoha

It's repentance, self-loathing due to self-weakness

There is a similar consultation, but please forgive me for consulting with you.

From about half a month after I started living alone, I somehow lost confidence in myself, lost sight of my intention to rely on, and felt sad and at a rock bottom in the middle of the night. I didn't like that, and I regret getting double plastic surgery because I wanted to change it. It would be nice if this was a perfect success, but I had the impression that the double, which had a sense of incongruity with makeup, had failed, and my self-loathing progressed further from there, and I felt like I wanted to die every night for a while.
I confessed to my parents just before surgery, but even if I apologize after surgery, I can't get rid of the feeling that I can't fully apologize. Also, I don't want my stupid self to be known, so I can't confess to my friends.

I lived alone in a land where I had no acquaintances due to going to college, and even though the environment changed drastically from before, I only kept in touch with my original acquaintances and parents to the minimum necessary, went to college seriously, and lived a serious life.
But I was struck by the reality that no one looked down on me, and my days of feeling depressed like I had never experienced in my life until now continued.
I think it was the first time I felt that I was really alone.
However, I have many friends at university, and my relationships with my parents are originally good. I'm the type that is said to always be cheerful and laugh in college. However, there isn't a single person I can show my negative side to.
Also, my family didn't worry more than necessary, so it wasn't easy to get in touch with them. Once last year, I was terribly shocked that the report of when I almost got into an accident was bad, and far from being worried by my father or sister, I was scolded a little bit. This is where I came to the idea that I wanted to be loved by someone who had left home, and I came to the idea that I wanted to be loved by someone else.
It would have been nice if they had a lover, but unfortunately they weren't there, so hopelessness and assumptions progressed in the middle of the night, and I had plastic surgery. I am filled with the feeling that I have betrayed the only family that loved me.
I don't feel that my foolish self, with unfaithful parents, is unnecessary in society.
I worked pretty hard in my studies, and I get evaluations once in a while, but it doesn't lead to confidence, and I really don't have confidence in anything.

How can I walk with a strong forward gaze?
Please tell me if there are any good ways to make this feeling easier.
Also, I would be happy if you could suggest any helpful books or experiments.

4 Zen Responses

Be aware of your weaknesses and ask others for help

heki

It's a pretty painful story.

By starting to live alone
Get away from the family you've been with until now as a matter of course

College life is superficially
Seems like it's going well
I can't make friends I can get involved with with real intentions
unspeakable anxiety
I'm feeling unspeakably lonely

You want someone to need you
I want to be loved and cared for

Do double plastic surgery
Become a beautiful self
I thought I'd get people's interest

The plastic surgery itself did not give satisfactory results

I tried to get people's attention by doing plastic surgery
It became a problem

Who is Heki
I want to be loved by someone
though
I want to be loved by someone I can't show my weak self
I think it's shameful to put it out
and
I'm waiting for someone to love me and care for me.

I think this is painful.
It's about expressing your weak self in some form.

Be aware of your weaknesses and ask others for help
This is strength.

They hide their weakness and pretend to be fine.
I think this is a weakness.

If you have trouble, talk to me
Get them to accept your stupid self

When I feel lonely, I call them to say I'm lonely.

“You're always cheerful and laughing in college, aren't you?”
I mean

If you live
There are days when I smile brightly
I think there are dark and sad days.

There are days when I want to be with someone
I think there are times when I just want to be alone.

It's about expressing that.

“Always cheerful and smiling”

I can't find a solution
I think it might make me feel lonely.

You're not alone

When you are living away from your parents for the first time, things you have never thought about until now feel empty.
Compared to past memories, I think there are times when I feel that my current environment is unsatisfactory. Is it like being homesick?

Also, trying to do something about a life without a sense of fulfillment is something that makes you feel jittery. At times like this, it's easy to lose sight of yourself and overlook important things.
As for the double surgery, I've already done it. There is no choice but to accept it.

When I was a teenager, I tend to mainly play with my friends. However, sometimes I think it would be a good idea to become such friends and participate in places like zazen or puja sessions at temples.

I think you'll know you're not alone.

Walk with your bangs raised and your gaze raised

According to my personal experience, raise my bangs
Just putting out my forehead made me feel positive for some reason.
This was before I had a shaved head.
Also, when walking, don't look down; walk tens of meters ahead.
Let's walk with your chest stretched in the image of expanding your lungs.
It's “ascetic practice without being depressed.”
Stop hiding in the shadows of your bangs and just walk forward.
If you notice a dark delusion that makes you turn away, please immediately return your mind to “training without falling back.”
The place where the heart returns is “ascetic practice without depression,” and please return the mind that flies around to ascetic practice.

Don't ask for an evaluation

There is nothing more ambiguous in this world than the evaluation of oneself and others.
Evaluation of others, evaluation of oneself.
No matter how much people say they are good, people who don't have confidence take it negatively.
I recommend living the facts before the assessment.
Are you probably suffering from others' evaluations and your own evaluations?
Where is such a thing?
Will that evaluation last forever?
In other words, it's just the lower limit of that time, place, and situation.
Whether it's a good evaluation or a bad evaluation, no matter if you hold on to it all the time, time will pass and the facts will change.
I can't say snow and smoke forever, it's snow, smoke.
Please discern that evaluations are about that level.
If you should be happy, you can be happy.
However, it's like a photograph, and the real thing changes steadily.
Lowering your self-esteem causes suffering.
You're in a state where your self-esteem is really low right now. There is a way out of it.
You have given people, including you, who are struggling to be evaluated by others, an opportunity to awaken to their true self before the evaluation. That's great.
I'm trying to properly face my true self. She looks very brave.
First, look in the mirror and look only at it with the naked eye without involving your own thoughts.
Seeing, seeing... these are just seeing with the naked eye.
Watch... this is watching with thought in addition.
Let's practice watching for real.
You're just watching. It's a form of looking at things through thought, looking at things wrong and in vain. However, please focus on watching.
It seems simple, but really, look at it without thinking.
When it's actually done, it looks like this.
There are no likes or dislikes, beautiful or ugly.
However, that is true.
That's all.
Really watch until you learn this.
I don't need to blame myself or regret it.
Just have the power to see.